<sub>nightsweep, trancestep, flickerbird, and fallendream were their names.

the four were legendary. clan rivalries were ever so tense in their presence, fighting wildly, without consideration for the end, for obtaining them. why? because they were the gifted.

you see, each of them possessed a different power; nightsweep with super speed and strength, trancestep the ability to read minds, flickerbird wings that enabled her to fly, and fallendream the power to predict the future. retaining any one of these four cats promised forest domination, but greediness took form in all four clans, as a single clan wanted control of all four cats.

none of the gifted craved power so much as to neglect the fact that forest domination could not be achieved. they were upright cats with positive believes, and strove to fight against ownership of any one of them. they gained a strong bond, as close as sisters and brothers.

furious with their former clanmates, they abandoned the forest to weep in desolation, with only echos of their laughter ringing around. relief came to them as if a giant stone has been lifted off their hearts, along with it blew the sweet breeze of freedom.

meanwhile starclan split into two groups in the skies above them. one group remained to be ancestors of the warrior cats. the second group, sympathetic of the four cats, started calling themselves the order of stars, vowing to protect the gifted cats forever.

traveling side by side with the order of stars, the gifted arrived in a lush prairie, studded with rivers and pools, the entire area large enough to compete with forest clan territory. soon enough they found stray cats roaming around the lands, and with surprise they found that each of them possessed a different power as well.

they soon stabilized the orders of nightmare, trance, flicker, and fallen, and became nightstar, trancestar, flickerstar, and fallenstar. the organized routine of "clan" life attracted strays to join. soon they were flourishing. and so, the ages of the orders had begun.</sub>

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» masquerade ! is a semi-literate to advanced warriors roleplay, in which the cats can have all sorts of superpowers. though some of the terms had changed (from clan to order, leader to chief, deputy to minister, medicine cat to healer) the original idea of a warriors rpg remains. to read the complete history (or rather, the other version) click here. to learn more about the orders, click here.

it is the icy season of leaf-bare. the fear that greencough is approaching haunts the minds of all healers. frost is starting to appear on the bare branches of trees and the normally warm waters of the territories are rapidly decreasing in temperature, making the waters even more treacherous, especially with melting snow making the waters rise. prey is scarce. squirrels, mice, and other common prey of the orders are quickly gathering up all the food they can and hiding in their little burrows. as fresh-kill piles decrease, tensions are increasing with the never-ending threats of leaf-bare, causing even friends to raise eyebrows at one another.

» tuesday, july thirtieth, two thousand nine
» inhale

some new updates! as i have said to a few friends before, i will definitely be leaving as soon as school starts for me on august 24th due to my extreme nerdiness that wants all a's in every subject every semester. if i achieve that for the first couple of weeks, then i will be returning. but meanwhile, NEKO and GIA, two of my very trusted, very competent bffs will be serving as admin, along with crow and shattered. masquerade is still going strong! thanks for all the efforts gaiis, i love all of you, seriously.


» tuesday, july twenty eighth, two thousand nine
» inhale

masquerade is, again, off to a great start! we had some problems with our terms, but everything is settled; the rings are now orders. in addition to our three creators, it is my pleasure to introduce NEKO, our admin. she will serve in my position along with crow and shattered if i ever had to pause rping because of irl issues. also, let's welcome the new chief of flicker, patchstar played by CEDAR. installed in the staff team as well are our ministers and healers, played by NEKO, WAVE, LULU, ROOK, INSOMNIA, OASIS, and PANACEA.